Wednesday, March 2nd, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M62
Professor Jeff Babb, Chair of Mathematics and Statistics

Personal experiences from statistical consulting including: the impact of global warming on Manitoba winter roads, sampling issues in food safety, as well as others. Statistical and practical issues associated with these projects will be explored.

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Wednesday, March 9th, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M62
Wilf Falk, Chief Statistician for Manitoba Bureau of Statistics

Highlights of the work done at the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics and its projects, particularly the recently released population projection.

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Wednesday, March 16th, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M62
Tammy Harper, Policy Analyst for the Manitoba Women's Directorate

Experience in the collection, dissemination and reporting of all post-secondary education statistics as a statistician for the Council on Post-Secondary Education.

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Wednesday, March 23rd, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M62
Dr Murray Alexander & Dr Ray Somorjai, Senior Research Officer & Head of Biomedical Informatics for Institute of Biodiagnostics, NRC

This talk will present an overview of some techniques for analyzing mathematical models of infectious diseases and the analysis of biomedical data.